Description

Do you want to develop greater fingerboard familiarity and improvisational fluency, and learn a lot of licks at the same time? Then, regardless of your level, this book is for you. The goal of this book is to demonstratehowfingerings can be applied in a realistic jazz setting, and to help players get a better handle on negotiating the guitar’s fingerboard and improvisation in general, while learning a hip solo over a cool background. This bookhasa number of dynamic features, including… – A methodical, position by position look at improvisation. – A focus on phrasing. – Cool, repetitious grooves that give the player a chance to develop skills without theaddedcomplication of having to change to a new scale or key center. – Swinging solos that cover the range of a given fingering or position. – Formulas for the major modes and a variety of other scales. Each solo contains a numberofhip phrases, licks, and patterns that take advantage of the related scale position and fingering. In addition to developing fingerboard familiarity and improvisational skills, the solos also provide good sight-reading material.